Famous Birthdays on 18st June

1269 - Princess Eleanor of England (d. 1298)1318 - Princess Eleanor of Woodstock (d. 1355)1466 - Ottaviano Petrucci, Italian printer (d. 1539)1511 - Bartolommeo Ammanati, Italian sculptor/architect1511 - Ponte Santa Trinita, Florence1517 - Emperor Ogimachi of Japan (d. 1593)1552 - Gabriello Chiabrera, Italian poet (d. 1637)1581 - Thomas Overbury, poet (baptized)1667 - Ivan Trubetskoy, Russian field marshal (d. 1750)1681 - Feofan Prokopovich, theologian, archbishop of Novgorod, westernizer1716 - Joseph M Vien, French (court)painter1723 - Giuseppe Scarlotti, composer1740 - Karel van Poucke, Flemish sculptor1744 - Augustin Holler, composer1757 - Ignaz Joseph Pleyel, composer1757 - Gervasio Antonio de Posadas, Argentine leader (d. 1833)1758 - Pieter PJQ Ondaatje, Ceylon/Dutch jurist/patriot1780 - Michael Henkel, composer1794 - George Grote, British historian1799 - William Lassell, discoverer (satellites of Uranus & Neptune)1809 - Sylvanus William Godon, Commander (Union Navy), died in 18791812 - Ivan Goncharov, Russia, novelist/travel writer (Oblomov)1813 - Pavel Annenkov, Rus literature historian (Zametsjatelnoje desjatileti)1820 - Martin Andreas Udbye, composer1822 - Henry David Leslie, composer1824 - Johannes Heykamp, Catholic archbishop of Utrecht1839 - William Henry Seward Jr, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 19201845 - Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, French physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1922)1850 - Richard Heuberger, composer1854 - Edward Wyllis Scripps, publisher/journalist1857 - Henry Clay Folger Jr, US, businessman/Shakespeare fan1858 - Hans Schardt, Swiss geologist1860 - Hugo Loudon, CEO (Royal Dutch Oil [Shell])1861 - Jose FdT Coelho, Portuguese writer (Os Meus Amores)1863 - George Essex Evans, Australian poet (d. 1909)1868 - Miklos Horthy von Nagybanya, Hungarian admiral/regent (1910-44)1870 - Edouard Le Roy, French philosopher and mathematician1877 - James Montgomery Flagg, illustrator ("I want you" Uncle Sam)1881 - Eduard C "Edo" Fimmen, Dutch labor leader1882 - Georgi Dimitrov, Bulgaria premier (1946-49) [or 6/28]1884 - Edouard Daladier, premier France (1933..40)1886 - George Mallory, England, mountain climber ("because it is there")1886 - Alexander Wetmore, American ornithologist (d. 1978)1887 - Blanche Yurka, St Paul MN, actress (Taxi, Tale of 2 Cities)1888 - Margarita Xirgu, Barcelona Spain, actress (Bloody Wedding)1888 - S S Van Dine, [William Huntingdon Wright], author (Canary Murder Case)1889 - Paul Joostens, Flemish painter1891 - Hans Ruin, Finnish Swedish-language historian1891 - Mae Busch, Australian actress (d. 1946)1892 - Edward Steuermann, composer1895 - Manuela Fernández-Fojaco, Spanish supercentenarian1896 - Blanche Sweet, Chicago, actress (Home Sweet Home, Avenging Conscience)1896 - Cota Ramaswami, cricketer (Davis Cup for India 1922, Test 1936)1896 - Philip Barry, US, dramatist (Philadelphia Story)1898 - Carleton Percy Hobbs, Farnborough England1898 - M C Escher, Dutch graphic artist1899 - James Ralph Darling, teacher1901 - Jeanette MacDonald, Phila, actress/singer (When I'm Calling You)1901 - Jimmy Dale, Bronx NYC, orch leader (Sonny & Cher)1901 - Llewellyn Rees, British theater actor (Invisible Creature)1902 - Henry Wadsworth, Maysville KY, actor (Applause, Fast & Loose)1903 - Raymond Radiguet, French journalist/writer (Le diable ouch corps)1903 - Jeanette MacDonald, American actress and singer (d. 1965)1904 - Keye Luke, Canton China, actor (Across the Pacific, Yangtse Incident)1904 - Manuel Rosenthal, Paris France, composer (Bootleggers)1905 - Eduard Tubin, composer1905 - John Gardener, boatbuilder/writer1906 - Kay Kyser, Rocky Mount NC, orch leader (Kay Kyser's Kollege)1907 - Benny Payne, Phila, pianist (Billy Daniels Show)1907 - Froelich Rainey, Wisc, quiz moderator (What in the World)1908 - Bud Collyer, NYC, TV emcee (Beat the Clock, To Tell the Truth)1908 - Maria E Vieira da Silva, Portuguese painter (Infinite Passage)1908 - Nedra Volz, American actress (d. 2003)1908 - Stanley Knowles, Canadian politician (d. 1997)1910 - Avon Long, Balt Md, actor (Roots: Next Generation)1910 - Dick Foran, Flemington NJ, actor (OK Crackerby)1910 - E G Marshall, Owatonna Minn, actor (Playhouse 90, Chicago Hope)1910 - Ray McKinley, Ft Worth Tx, orch leader/drummer (Glenn Miller Time)1910 - E.G. Marshall, American actor (d. 1998)1912 - Glen Morris, MO, Olympic champion/actor (Tarzan)1912 - Henry Brandon, Berlin Germany, actor (Drums of Fu Manchu)1913 - Sammy Cahn, lyricist (3 Coins in a Fountain)1913 - Sylvia Porter, financial writer (Sylvia Porter's Money Book)1914 - Billy Wade, cricket wicket-keeper (S African in 11 Tests 1938-50)1915 - Arthur Fagg, cricketer (dual double-centuries in a game for Kent 1938)1915 - Red Adair, oilman (fought oil fires in Kuwait)1915 - Victor Legley, composer1916 - John Young, actor/TV panelist (Masquerade Party)1917 - Akhmet Jevdet Ismail Hajiyev, composer1917 - Richard Boone, LA Calif, actor (Paladin-Have Gun Will Travel)1917 - Arthur Tremblay, Canadian politician (d. 1996)1918 - Bob Carroll, singer/actor (Stage Two Revue, Stranger)1919 - Edward Leadbitter, politician1919 - Edwin Clarke, historian/neurologist1919 - Mel Brandt, Bkln NY, actor (Faraway Hill)1919 - Ted Leadbitter, British MP (Lab)1920 - Aster Berkhof, [Louis Van de Bergh], Flemish writer (Furious Christ)1920 - Ian Carmichael, Hull England, actor (Lucky Jim, I'm Alright Jack)1922 - Donald L Keene, NYC, Japanese translator/critic1922 - Claude Helffer, French pianist (d. 2004)1923 - Herman Krebbers, Dutch violist/concert master1924 - George Mikan, NBA center (6-time all-pro)1924 - Liesbeth den Uyl-van Vessem, feminist/wife of Joop den Uyl1925 - Herman "Ace" Wallace, blues guitarist/singer1925 - Rex Collings, writer/publisher1925 - Robert Arthur, Aberdeen Wash, actor (12 O'Clock High, Just For You)1926 - Patricia Hutchinson, British ambassador (Uruguay)1926 - Tom Wicker, columnist (NY Times)1927 - Dennis Landau, CEO (Cooperative Wholesale Society)1927 - John Phillipps Kenyon, historian/teacher1927 - Paul Eddington, actor (Devil Rides Out, Devil's Bride)1927 - Simeon Pironkov, composer1927 - Eva Bartok, Hungarian-born British actress1928 - Maggie McNamara, NYC, actress (3 Coins in a Fountain, Cardinal)1928 - Michael Blakemore, British theater director (Country Life)1928 - David T. Lykken, American scientist1929 - Eva Bartok, Budapest Hungary, actress (Assassin, Crimson Pirate)1929 - James Bishop, editor (London News Publications)1929 - Jorgen Habermans, German sociologist (Frankfurter Schule)1930 - Peter Phillips, CEO (AB Electronics) [or Feb 10]1931 - Della Smith, cookbook writer/British broadcaster1931 - Peter Batty, TV/movie producer1931 - Fernando Henrique Cardoso, President of Brazil from 1995 to 20021932 - Dudley R. Herschbach, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate1932 - Geoffrey Hill, English poet1933 - Jean Wicki, Switzerland, 4-man bobsled (Olympic-gold-1972)1933 - Tommy Hunt, US singer (Flamingos-Lovers Never Say Goodbye)1934 - Brian Kenny, deputy supreme allied commander (Europe)1934 - Carl de Winter, sect-gen (Federation of British Artists)1934 - Mitsuteru Yokoyama, Japanese manga artist (d. 2004)1935 - Hugh McColl, American banker1936 - Ian Spurling, ballet designer1936 - R Ronald Venetian, [Vene], president Suriname (1991- )1937 - Gail Godwin, US, author (Perfectionists, Odd Woman)1937 - John D [Jay] Rockefeller IV, (Sen-D-WV, 1985- )1937 - Varbara Ann Teer, US actress/director (Natl Black Theatre Company)1937 - Vitaly Mikhailovich Zholobov, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 21)1938 - Joop M Worrell, Dutch MP (PvdA)1938 - Kevin Murray, Australian rules footballer1939 - Lou Brock, one-time baseball stolen base leader (St Louis Cards)1939 - Lynn Whiting, horse trainer1940 - Bob Duncan, prison warden (Gartree Prison in UK)1940 - Jim Albus, Staten Island NY, PGA golfer (1991 Mazda Senior Players)1940 - Michael Sheard, British actor (d. 2005)1941 - Delia Smith, English cook and television presenter1942 - Hans Vonk, Dutch conductor1942 - Paul McCartney, Liverpool, rocker (Beatles), writes silly love songs1942 - Roger Ebert, Urbana Ill, film critic (Siskel & Ebert at the Movies)1942 - Thabo M Mbeki, South African economist/1st vice-president (1994- )1942 - Carl Radle, American bass guitarist (d. 1980)1943 - Barry Evans, actor (Dr Upton-Dr in the House, Mind Your Language)1943 - Raffaella Carrà, Italian singer1944 - Paul Lansky, composer1944 - Sandy Posey, American singer1946 - Russell Ash, British author1946 - Fabio Capello, Italian football coach1946 - Bruiser Brody, professional wrestler (d. 1988)1947 - Bernard Giraudeau, La Rochelle France, actor (L'Annee des Meduses)1947 - Douglas Young, composer1947 - Linda Thorson, Toronto, actress (Tara-Avengers, Julia-1 Life to Live)1948 - Nick Drake, rocker (Back to Fruit Tree)1948 - Éva Marton, Hungarian operatic soprano1949 - Jerry Hollendorfer, horse trainer1949 - William Randolph Hearst III, publisher/editor1949 - Chris Van Allsburg, American author and illustrator1949 - Prince Lincoln Thompson, Jamaican musician (d. 1999)1949 - Lech Kaczyński, Polish president, 2005-present1950 - Annelie Ehrhardt, German DR, 100m hurdler (Olympics-gold-1972)1951 - Henny Huisman, Dutch TV host (Playback Show)1952 - Barry Champagne, Louisiana, stunt coorindator (Licence to Kill)1952 - Carol Kane, Cleveland Ohio, actress (Dog Day Afternoon, Simka-Taxi)1952 - Isabella Rossellini, Rome Italy, actress (Big Night, Blue Velvet)1952 - Rickey Gazda, rocker1953 - Jerome Smith, US guitarist (KC & the Sunshine Band-Boogie Shoes)1954 - William Beard, rock drummer (Face To Face)1956 - Brian Benben, Winchester Va, actor (Dream On, Gangster Chronicles)1957 - Andrea Evans, actress (Young & Restless, Tina-One Life to Live)1957 - Tom Bailey, England, rocker (Thompson Twins-Doctor Doctor)1958 - Daniels Koran, saxophonist (Atlantic Star-Touch a 4 Leaf Clover)1960 - Ralph Brown, British actor1961 - Andres Galarraga, Caracas Venezuela, infielder (Colorado Rockies)1961 - [Genevieve] Alison Moyet, Essex England, rock vocalist (Yaz, Alf)1962 - Jan[ice] Merrill, track star (US record long distance holder 1979)1962 - Mitsuharu Misawa, Japanese professional wrestler1963 - Bruce Smith, NFL defensive end (Buffalo Bills)1963 - Darren "Dizzy" Reed, US musician (Guns n' Roses-Sweet Girl of Mine)1963 - Joe Walter, NFL tackle (Cin Bengals)1963 - Omar Londono, jockey1964 - Thanh Nguyen, Saigon Vietnam, 141 lbs US weightlifter (Olympics-1996)1964 - Uday Hussein, Iraqi leader (d. 2003)1965 - Kim Dickens, American actress and model1966 - Bob Kempainen, Minneapolis MN, marathoner (Olympics-96)1966 - Doug Bodger, Chemainus BC, NHL defenseman (Team Canada, San Jose)1966 - Kurt Browning, Alberta, figure skater (Olympic-5-1994)1966 - Luke Jensen, Grayling Mich, tennis star (1993 French Open doubles)1966 - Robert Kempainen, Minneapolis MN, marathoner (Oly-1996)1966 - Sandy Alomar, Salinas Puerto Rico, catcher (Cleveland Indians)1967 - Pasquale Bruno, Italian American entrepreneur1968 - John Lumkes, Chicago Illinois, 3k steeplechase runner1969 - Fernando Valenzula, jockey1969 - Jay Leeuwenburg, NFL guard/center (Chic Bears, Indianapolis Colts)1969 - Laura Brown, LPGA golfer1969 - Pål Pot Pamparius, Norwegian musician (Turbonegro)1969 - Vito LoGrasso, American professional wrestler1969 - Christopher Largen, American author1970 - Greg Yaitanes, American television and film director1971 - Blair Pocock, cricketer (New Zealand opening batsman 1993)1971 - Mara Hobel, NYC, actress (Mommie Dearest)1971 - Nathan Morris, [Alex Vanderpool], Phila Pa, rapper (Boyz II Men)1972 - Otakar Vejvoda, Kladno CZE, hockey forward (Team Czech Rep)1973 - Rayna Stewart, safety/cornerback (Tennessee Oilers)1973 - Tracy Noonan, Lawrence Mass, soccer goalkeeper (Olympics-96)1973 - Alexandros Papadimitriou, Greek hammer thrower1973 - Eddie Cibrian, American actor1973 - Julie Depardieu, French actress1974 - Bumper Robinson, actor (Webster, Night Court)1974 - Keith Poole, wide receiver (New Orleans Saints)1974 - Vincenzo Montella, Italian footballer1975 - Aleksandrs Koliņko, Latvian footballer1975 - Martin St. Louis, Canadian hockey player1975 - Marie Gillain, Belgian actress1975 - Jemma Griffiths, Welsh singer-songwriter1975 - Jamel Debbouze, French actor and producer1976 - Alana de la Garza, American actress1976 - Witte Wartena, Dutch artist1976 - Blake Shelton, American Country Singer1980 - Antonio Gates, American football player1980 - Tara Platt, American actress1980 - Ivana Wong, Hong Kong singer and songwriter1980 - Craig Mottram, Australian middle distance runner1981 - Teresa Cormack, New Zealand murder victim (d. 1987)1981 - Ella (Jiahua) Chen, member of the Taiwanese girl-group S.H.E1982 - Sean Conant, Irish-American artist1984 - Mateus, Angolan footballer1984 - Janne Happonen, Finnish skijumper1986 - Richard Gasquet, French tennis player1989 - Renee Olstead, American singer and actress1991 - Willa Holland, American actress1992 - Bob Kempainen, Minneapolis MN, marathoner (Olympics-66)2006 - Countess Zaria of Orange-Nassau, Jonkvrouwe van Amsberg